README.md

Video.js is a web video player built from the ground up for an HTML5 world. It supports HTML5 and Flash video, as well as YouTube and Vimeo (through plugins). It supports video playback on desktops and mobile devices. This project was started mid 2010, and the player is now used on over 50,000100,000200,000400,000 websites.

For the latest version of video.js and URLs to use, check out the Getting Started page on our website.

In the vjs.zencdn.net CDN-hosted versions of Video.js we include a stripped down Google Analytics pixel that tracks a random sampling (currently 1%) of players loaded from the CDN. This allows us to see (roughly) what browsers are in use in the wild, along with other useful metrics such as OS and device. If you'd like to disable analytics, you can simply include the following global before including Video.js via the free CDN:

<script>window.HELP_IMPROVE_VIDEOJS=false;</script>

Alternatively, you can include Video.js by getting it from npm, downloading from GitHub releases or by including it via unpkg or another JavaScript CDN like CDNjs. These releases do not include Google Analytics tracking at all.

Next, using Video.js is as simple as creating a <video> element, but with an additional data-setup attribute. At a minimum, this attribute must have a value of '{}', but it can include any Video.js options - just make sure it contains valid JSON!

When the page loads, Video.js will find this element and automatically setup a player in its place.

If you don't want to use automatic setup, you can leave off the data-setup attribute and initialize a <video> element manually using the videojs function:

var player =videojs('my-player');

The videojs function also accepts an options object and a callback to be invoked
when the player is ready:

var options = {};
var player =videojs('my-player', options, functiononPlayerReady() {
videojs.log('Your player is ready!');
// In this context, `this` is the player that was created by Video.js.this.play();
// How about an event listener?this.on('ended', function() {
videojs.log('Awww...over so soon?!');
});
});

Contributing

Video.js is a free and open source library, and we appreciate any help you're willing to give - whether it's fixing bugs, improving documentation, or suggesting new features. Check out the contributing guide for more!